Getting Back to Weights...

[loadedgloves]

Probably fewer than you see doing wrist curls in the squat rack, wearing lifting belts to bench press 150lb, squatting on bosu balls, benching with 'spotters' who upright raise half the weight, hammer curling with wrist straps, informing people who squat that they're gonna 'hurt their knees' before doing leg extensions.

What's your point caller?

My personal favorite is 150 lb kids doing dumbbell curls with way too much weight, using their entire body to complete each rep, and still having 25% of complete range-of-motion.

[Dark Magus]

My personal favorite is 150 lb kids doing dumbbell curls with way too much weight, using their entire body to complete each rep, and still having 25% of complete range-of-motion.

Leaning back, putting the entire latissimus dorsi into it!

[Buddy Rydell]

I had a decent quadricep workout today. Both squats and deadlifts are coming along very nicely:

Squats (done very low. Below parallel)
1*6 (135lbs)
1*6 (185lbs)
1*6 (225lbs)
1*6 (255lbs)
1*6 (275lbs)
1*6 (300lbs) and it looks kind of funny to have two 45s, a 35lb plate, and then a 2.5lb plate on each side of the Olympic bar, but I wanted 300lbs.

Leg Presses (Haven't done them in ages)
1*10(135lbs)
1*6 (225lbs)
1*6 (315lbs)

[BOSS]

Look at you Buddles go! You will be 6 foot tall in no time!

[Buddy Rydell]

Look at you Buddles go! You will be 6 foot tall in no time!

No, but I might be able to jump up and reach it with my fingertips if I keep this up and add some plyometrics.

[Buddy Rydell]

Woo-hoo! After having gone up to 300lbs for 6 last week, this week I did even better:

Deadlifts
1*6 (135lbs)
1*6 (225lbs)
1*6 (315lbs)
1*6 (335lbs)
They're not awe-inspiring numbers, but they're not bad either. I made sure I kept my hands dry, and that stopped the bar from slipping. I think I'll be at all-time top totals in the autumn or winter if I train smartly. It's not just deadlifts. I'm doing the same for squats and bench isn't too too far behind.

[Hanz]

Woo-hoo! After having gone up to 300lbs for 6 last week, this week I did even better:

Deadlifts
1*6 (135lbs)
1*6 (225lbs)
1*6 (315lbs)
1*6 (335lbs)
They're not awe-inspiring numbers, but they're not bad either. I made sure I kept my hands dry, and that stopped the bar from slipping. I think I'll be at all-time top totals in the autumn or winter if I train smartly. It's not just deadlifts. I'm doing the same for squats and bench isn't too too far behind.

Good job. Do you have a training partner?

[Buddy Rydell]

Good job. Do you have a training partner?

Nope, no training partner. WTF are you two knuckleheads doing?

[Buddy Rydell]

Goddamn, there's something about doing heavy weightlifting that zaps my system and makes me hyper as fuck. It must be some adrenal-related. I am amped as hell.

[Buddy Rydell]

And of course now I am beat. Squatted 335 for reps today and leg pressed 405 for reps. If I had gotten more than a couple of hours sleep at a time last night, I would probably be ok. I feel like crap right now though---even strained a quadricep, which means I am training fairly intensely.

[Dark Magus]

Goddamn, there's something about doing heavy weightlifting that zaps my system and makes me hyper as fuck. It must be some adrenal-related. I am amped as hell.

Does it for me as well.
Right now, I've all but ditched isolation excersises and am concentrating on compound movements.
My current sessions I started last weekend go as follows:
Upper Body:
Bench-press (flat/incline): 4 sets x 8 reps
Close-grip pulldowns or chin-ups: 3-4 sets x 6-8 reps
Seated dumbbell-press / smith-machine press: 4 sets x 8 reps
Dips: 4 sets x 10 reps
Trap 3 raises: 3 sets x 12 (great excersise for strengthening delts)
EZ barbell curls: 3 sets x 21 reps (split into 3 sets of lower, upper and full curls - massive pump/burn)
Hanging leg raises - 4 sets x 25 reps
Plank - 4 sets x 60 seconds

Lower-Body:
Squats: 4 sets x 8 reps
Quadricep extensions: 4 sets x 8 reps
Hamstring curls: 4 sets x 8 reps
Quadricep press: 4 sets x 8 sets
Calf-raises: 3 sets x 20 reps

Each session I get done in anywhere between 45-60s mins...no more than 45 seconds between sets and 90 seconds between excersises....I feel like my entire body is done 2 days after each.

Great feeling!

[Buddy Rydell]

That's a nice routine, DM. I might have to pinch that when I got on a maintenance cycle. I'm in relatively heavy training now, but I'm starting to get aches and pains here and there. Might have to roll it back a bit and maintain so that I don't develop any training injuries.

[steve_dave]

What are you training for?

[Buddy Rydell]

Not sure if you're referring to DM or me, but if it's me, I have some personal bests I want to hit in various lifts. The overall goal is improved health, improved strength, and enjoyment.

I like lifting heavy, so I'm gonna do it safely for as long as I can before I start to hit that point in life where I can't lift the heavy weights anymore. I've seen relatives who could have been in excellent shape at age 45 or 55, but they didn't do anything about it. I guess I want to be able to play sports and such with my son in 15-20 years.

[Dark Magus]

That's a nice routine, DM. I might have to pinch that when I got on a maintenance cycle. I'm in relatively heavy training now, but I'm starting to get aches and pains here and there. Might have to roll it back a bit and maintain so that I don't develop any training injuries.

My last routine was getting too routine.
So, you always got to be changing things up to get the muscles going...

I also got into a great cardio routine - running and cycling...but Ive quit it.